Gain insights into quantum computing, starting with qubits and quantum mechanics. Discover quantum gates, circuits, and algorithms like Grover’s search and Shor’s factoring. Explore potential applications.

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Quantum Computing

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Firms like IBM, Honeywell, Zapata, Rigetti, Amazon, Google, IonQ, and others are all adopting and investing heavily in quantum computing. This is a great opportunity to get involved.

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of quantum computing, starting with quantum bits or qubits. These are the centerpiece and most basic computational unit. 

You will then move on to quantum mechanics and the role of quantum gates, circuits, and simulating computers. From there, you will get acquainted with the many different quantum algorithms that are asymptotically faster than their classical counterparts. These include: Deutsch Jozsa, Grover’s search, and Shor’s factoring.

By the end of this course, you will have the foundations in place to start exploring more applications of quantum computing. This is just the beginning!

The Fundamentals of Quantum Computing

# Resources
* [D-Wave Docs (quantum annealing)](https://docs.dwavesys.com/docs/latest/c_gs_2.html)
* [Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE)](https://grove-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/vqe.html)
* [VQE Tutorial - PennyLane AI](https://pennylane.ai/qml/demos/tutorial_vqe.html)
* [Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA)](https://qiskit.org/textbook/ch-applications/qaoa.html)
* [IBM - Quantum Experience](https://quantum-computing.ibm.com/)
* [QOSF Mentorship Program](https://qosf.org/qc_mentorship/)
* [PennyLane AI](https://pennylane.ai/)
* [Google/Cirq - Learn Cirq](https://quantumai.google/cirq)
* [IBM/Qiskit - Learn Qiskit](https://qiskit.org/)
* [Microsoft Azure Quantum and Q#](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/overview-what-is-qsharp-and-qdk)
* [IBM Certified Associate Developer - Quantum Computation using Qiskit v0.2X](https://www.ibm.com/certify/cert?id=C0010300)
* [QWorld](https://qworld.net/)

# References and acknowledgments

* Kopczyk, D. (2018, April 25). Quantum machine learning for data scientists. https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.10068

* Abbas, A., Sutter, D., Zoufal, C., & Lucchi, A. (2020, October 30). The power of quantum neural networks. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.00027

* Arute, F., & Arya, K. (2019, October 23). Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor. Nature, 574, 505-510. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1666-5

* Bacciagaluppi, G. (2020). The Role of Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-decoherence/

* Qiskit/IBM. (n.d.) Qiskit Documentation. https://qiskit.org/textbook/

* Srinivasan, K., Satyajit, S., & Behera, B. K. (2018, May 28). Efficient quantum algorithm for solving travelling salesman problem: An IBM quantum experience. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.10928

* Vos, J. (n.d.). All About Hadamard Gates. Manning. https://freecontent.manning.com/all-about-hadamard-gates/

* Wilczek, F. (2016, January 5). Your Simple (Yes, Simple) Guide to Quantum Entanglement. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2016/05/simple-yes-simple-guide-quantum-entanglement/

* Qiskit Global Summer School 2020 (2020, July). Introduction to Quantum Computing and Quantum Hardware. https://qiskit.org/learn/intro-qc-qh/

* QubitxQubit. Introduction to Quantum Computing. (n.d.) (2021) 
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/10/quantum-coding-school/

* Faryad, M. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (2021).
https://sbasse.lums.edu.pk/node/8983  

* Fawaz, A. (2021, January), The Gradient. "Knocking on Turing’s door: Quantum Computing and Machine Learning". https://thegradient.pub/knocking-on-turings-door-quantum-computing-and-machine-learning/

* Nielsen, M., Matuschak, A., Quantum computing for the very curious (2019, March). https://quantum.country/qcvc

* Nielsen, M., Matuschak, A. (2019, March), How the quantum search algorithm works. https://quantum.country/search

* Cirq/Google Quantum AI (n.d.). Tutorials and References. https://quantumai.google/cirq/tutorials

This chapter has some helpful links for further exploring quantum computing. A bibliography is appended as well.

Baby Steps

The Essence of Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Gates and Circuits

Simulating Quantum Computers

Getting Started with Quantum Algorithms

The Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm

Grover's Search Algorithm

Shor's Factoring Algorithm

The Future

Resources and References

Resources